1917—1918
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DIRECTIVE TO THE SECRETARY OF THE COUNCIL OF PEOPLE'S COMMISSARS
3 August 1918

1) Strike off prints of the new seal and distribute to each People's Commissar under his receipt*.

2) Order such seals (in smaller size) for all Soviet institutions or bring the matter before the Small Soviet for the coordination of practical measures (perhaps work out a common type of small seal, with inscriptions for individual Commissariats).

Lenin

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TO THE SUPREME MILITARY SOVIET
21 August 1918

The presenters—representatives of the Turkestan Central Executive Committee—are requesting a detachment of 100-200 men to move against Krasnovodsk (from Astrakhan). I request that you discuss their petition and render them all possible assistance, and telephone me the conclusion of the Supreme Military Soviet.

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars
V. Ulyanov (Lenin)

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NOTES
Not before 26 August 1918

The merchant Antonov—a major fishery industrialist (Rassin knows him)—brought 140 carloads of fish (where to? from where?), selling to Petrograd at 240 rubles per pud.

Gorky proposes taking this fish from him in order to help the starving Petrograd workers.

My permission is required to transport to Petrograd:

1) permission must be issued in the name of Makhlip and Antonov. Makhlin is one of the Petrograd grain merchants (Andreeva vouches that there is no speculation in this case)—and

2) payment in Petrograd at 240 rubles (without advances);

3) she vouches that the price will not exceed the state rate.

Gorky requests that N. M. Romanov and G. M. Romanov (natural brothers) be released into his custody.

* In his letter to Clara Zetkin of 26 July 1918, V. I. Lenin wrote: "I have just been brought the new state seal. Here is the imprint. The inscription reads: Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic. Proletarians of all countries, unite!" (Lenin Collection XXI, p. 249).

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TELEGRAM TO THE TAMBOV PROVINCIAL COMMITTEE
29 August 1918

I have received the following telegram from Yelan: "The Seventh Company of the First Workers' and Peasants' Socialist Regiment—volunteers from Usmansk District, standing in forward trenches guarding the revolution, is deeply outraged and protests against the accusations being leveled and the removal of Ispolatov, the steadfast fighter for the proletariat and the achievements of the October Revolution and chairman of the Usmansk Soviet. A curse upon those who have betrayed and turned against the honest old communist who desired only the good of the poorest peasants and workers.—Chairman of the Committee Mokeev, Company Commander Chistyakov."

Clarify and telegraph me immediately—by whom and on what charges is the chairman of the Usmansk Soviet Ispolatov accused?

Vice-Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars
Lenin

Printed from the original
annotated by V. I. Lenin.

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MEMORANDUM TO THE COMMISSARIAT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS
August 1918

From Narva to Vologda is approximately 600 versts.

From Vologda to Kotlas is approximately 500 versts.

An aeroplane covers 180 versts per hour and stays aloft 5-6 hours.

The Germans could "rest" between these points.

Your informant ??? —is he not sabotage scum?

LETTER TO V. D. BONCH-BRUEVICH
11848
14 September 1918

Vladimir Dmitrievich!

Here is a plan of those rooms into which Malkov wants to transfer the Council of People's Commissars*.

I ask you and Lydia Alexandrovna to inspect and consider whether it is worth doing?

(1) The heating will be devilishly expensive.

(2) Will it be convenient there with the reception room?

(3) Is it not possible to remain here? i.e., will it not be excessively cold? Call in the stonemason and clarify the matter.

Greetings!
Lenin

* The reference is to a proposal by the commandant of the Kremlin, P. D. Malkov, to move the sessions of the Council of People's Commissars to the large Nikolayev Palace.